Stankus Surname

101,671st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,643 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Stankus Surname Definition:

(Polish) Descendant of Stankus, a pet form of Stanislaw (camp, glorious).

Stankus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania2,4981:1,215130
United States1,5081:240,35722,977
Russia1711:842,82568,228
Germany771:1,045,52570,954
England771:723,61140,488
Estonia461:28,7355,267
Ukraine441:1,034,60795,076
Canada441:837,40065,151
Croatia291:145,81420,021
Ireland281:168,1767,397
Latvia201:102,50214,510
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Sweden141:703,34052,204
France131:5,109,440259,941
Belarus101:950,10668,851
Norway81:642,78647,258
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Stankuš (83) are calculated separately.

Stankus Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) Descendant of Stankus, a pet form of Stanislaw (camp, glorious).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Stankus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Stankus Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Stankus (Russian: Станкус) is found in Lithuania more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Stankuš. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stankus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 101,671st most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,569,577 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Stankus are found; 58 percent are found in Northern Europe and 55 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

Stankus is most prevalent in Lithuania, where it is held by 2,498 people, or 1 in 1,215. In Lithuania Stankus is most frequent in: Šiauliai County, where 24 percent live, Kaunas County, where 21 percent live and Klaipėda County, where 20 percent live. Aside from Lithuania this last name occurs in 28 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent live and Russia, where 4 percent live.

Stankus Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Stankus surname is chiefly Orthodox (64%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Stankus surname are 4.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.28% registered with the party.

The amount Stankus earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 44.13% less than the national average, earning 193,364 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.91% more than the national average, earning $45,269 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.53% more than the national average, earning $64,356 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Stankus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stankus in the Russian language
Станкусstankus-

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